Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Watervliet, NY.

Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for individuals in Watervliet who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This form of treatment has been around for decades now, and the general idea is that clients are no longer wrapped up in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Like heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy must take it daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially challenging, but some people feel it is a better option than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detox is known to be way more challenging than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are some detox facilities that won't even take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so challenging and relapse rates are very high.

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